Born Bursa, (Turkey), 1689
Died Istanbul, (Turkey), 1760
ҁAbbās Wasīm Efendi was a scholar who made many valuable contributions to Ottoman astronomy. These included writing a Turkish commentary on the famous astronomical handbook (Zīj) of Ulugh Beg as well as translating ҁ Abd al- ҁ Alī al-Bīrjandī ’s work on solar and lunar eclipses into Turkish. In addition to being an astronomer, he was a physician, a calligrapher, and a poet; he was also a member of the Khalwatiyya and Qādiriyya religious orders. Besides knowing Turkish, ҁAbbās Wasīm Efendi knew a number of languages that included Arabic, Persian, Latin, French, and ancient Greek.
ҁAbbās Wasīm Efendi, whose father’s name was ҁAbd al-Raḥmān and whose grandfather’s name was ҁAbdallāh, was known as Kambur (Humpback) Vesim Efendi and as Dervish ҁAbbās Ṭabīb. He pursued his education with eminent scholars; apparently his teachers appreciated his cleverness, aptitude, and open-minded attitude. His studies and research took him to...
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Aydüz, S. (2014). ҁAbbās Wasīm Efendi. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_1
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